Imran Khan – 18 Quotes

18 Quotes by Imran Khan

A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.

– Imran Khan

In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.

– Imran Khan

If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn’t see my young son and I couldn’t see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience.

– Imran Khan

The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.

– Imran Khan

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

– Imran Khan

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

– Imran Khan

If your house is burning, wouldn’t you try and put out the fire?

– Imran Khan

They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.

– Imran Khan

I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.

– Imran Khan

Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.

– Imran Khan

Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.

– Imran Khan

You don’t kill your way to peace.

– Imran Khan

In Pakistan politics is hereditary.

– Imran Khan

But I don’t need to use politics as a way of making money.

– Imran Khan

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

– Imran Khan

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.

– Imran Khan

People didn’t wasn’t the People’s party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.

– Imran Khan

The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?

– Imran Khan